The BEST episodes of Hotel Impossible
Every episode of Hotel Impossible ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hotel Impossible!
Struggling hotels receive an extensive makeover by veteran hotel operator and hospitality expert Anthony Melchiorri and team.
#1 - New Yorker Boutique Hotel: Miami, FL
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/23/2012
Anthony helps the owners of the New Yorker Boutique Hotel in Miami, who are struggling to stay afloat after sinking their life savings into the property.
#2 - Gurney's Inn: Montauk, NY
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/9/2012
Hospitality expert Anthony Melchiorri attempts to turn struggling hotels into tourist hot spots. In this premiere episode, the host revamps an outdated family-run resort in Montauk, N.Y.
#3 - Western Riviera: Grand Lake, CO
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/25/2013
Anthony travels to the Western Riviera in Grand Lake, CO, to help a couple with no hotel experience, with a staff that have no hotel experience, in a town where the business dies down every winter.
#5 - Greece Lightning: Litochoro, Greece
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/19/2013
Anthony heads to Mount Olympus in Greece to help the struggling and mold-infested Litohoro Olympus Resort Villas and Spa. Can he break through the cultural barrier to the resorts’ misguided owners to refurbish this once great Greek resort?
#6 - Crack Vials and Denials: Baltimore, MD
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/12/2013
Anthony visits the Abacrombie Inn, once an award-winning bed and breakfast in historic Baltimore. Unfortunately, the inn has been run down by its new owners. Can Anthony save a hotel that’s rife with spoiled food, crack vials and more dust than he's ever seen?
#7 - Bromley Sun Lodge: Peru, VT
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/18/2013
Anthony is called in to help the Bromley Sun Lodge, which suffers from poor maintenance and owners who are in over their heads after a fire almost destroyed the hotel.
#8 - Alpenhof Lodge: Mammoth Lakes, CA
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/11/2013
Anthony visits a picture-perfect ski lodge that he soon realizes has family management issues.
#9 - Gardenia Resort: Negril, Jamaica
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/4/2013
Anthony travels to the 75-room Gardenia Resort in Jamaica and finds himself up against dirty rooms and a general manager who isn't aggressive enough to get the job done.
#10 - Casa Verde: Rincon, Puerto Rico
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/18/2013
In Puerto Rico, a noisy hotel bar drives away guests and Anthony has his hands full redesigning the bar and updating the rooms.
#11 - The Curve: Palm Springs, CA
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/11/2013
Anthony is called in to convert a former economy motel into a boutique hotel, but discovers that the rooms are filthy and the lobby is a mess.
#12 - Periwinkle Inn: Cape May, NJ
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/28/2013
Anthony tries to get the Periwinkle Inn in New Jersey out of the red, but the domineering mother and owner is reluctant to change her ways or let her two children take over.
#13 - Telemark Hotel and Resort: Cable, WI
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/21/2013
The Telemark Lodge is ready to shut down in six to eight months if Anthony can't turn it around by resolving the management and sales issues that plague the staff... and give the hotel a computer system so employees can do their jobs.
#14 - Glacier Bear Lodge: Yakutat, AK
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/14/2013
Anthony travels to Alaska to bail out a fisherman's lodge that stinks of fish and has rotting wood floors and ceilings.
#15 - Maui Sunseeker Resort: Maui, HI
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/17/2012
Anthony heads to Maui to help out a gay/lesbian resort that is losing money hand over fist. To pull it off, he has to convince the GM to stand up to the owner.
#16 - Penguin Hotel: South Beach, FL
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/16/2012
The host visits a boutique hotel in Miami’s South Beach that’s struggling to find an identity among the hip, trendy competition.
#17 - Ocean Manor Resort: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/7/2012
The host visits a struggling high-rise resort in Fort Lauderdale and finds its sushi restaurant and beachfront bar are full of potential. But in order for the hotel to succeed, cleanliness issues must be addressed.
#18 - Purple Orchid Inn Resort and Spa: Livermore, CA
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/30/2012
The host helps expectant parents turn around their struggling resort and spa in Livermore, Cal.
#19 - Southern Oaks Inn: Branson, MO
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/4/2012
n Branson, MO, the Southern Oaks Hotel stands all but deserted due to bad marketing. Anthony must deal with slovenly housekeepers, a lobby filled with flyers, and a family business where the two men and two women can’t communicate.
#20 - The Hotel Leger: Mokelumne Hill, CA
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/7/2013
Anthony comes to help a 1800s hotel that is the hub of the small town around it, and turns to the townspeople for help when the task proves overwhelming.
#21 - Fiddler's Inn: Nashville, TN
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/11/2012
A Nashville hotel has been on the rocks for three years despite the fact it's across the street from the Grand Ole Opry. The owner claims he's been hit by the recession, but the real problems are a gift shop that takes up the entire lobby, filthy rooms, and a lack of identity, and Anthony comes in to make some changes.
#22 - Newport Inn: Newport, RI
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/25/2012
Anthony takes on a hotel whose clueless owner is more interested in buying up-to-date gym equipment then keeping his hotel in shape and his pool filled with water.
#23 - Dude Rancher Lodge: Billings, MT
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/9/2012
In downtown Billings, MT, the Dude Rancher Lodge has a one-star rating, no business, and a decor that alternates between historical and present-day.
#24 - The Vermont Inn: Mendon, VT
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/23/2012
The 16-room Vermont Inn, run by the owners’ brother-in-law, can’t fill their rooms or their restaurant. Anthony will have to make some tough decisions to save it.
#25 - Caribe Playa Beach Resort: Puerto Rico
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/3/2012
Anthony is called to a beachfront resort in Puerto Rico, and soon discovers that the problems are due to the fact that the general manager isn't doing her job... and she's married to the owner.